Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-25
COURT SECRETS.

~" Court are Guarded.
r,o5,o0ton Letter to the Neao foTS
Eoening Post.
..,oo Miller was on his way from the
0u .'si ~ his modest home on Massa-
.Spsetts avenue. 1t was eaturo"y' anu
court had closed up nara weeA'
Tue handsome, curly-headed boy
"oin, nonied him and carried bundle
scoo ''ronoe Court records and a massive
ol ,arrd ouarto book. With the SIM
O' Of h abjt which characterizes all
pll0l ,,,daes of the Supreme Court, Justice
tle . u0s entpred a public vehicle, ana
MiileI in,seIf in a group of Senators ana
Co Congress- nat YOUR Sunday literature,
,..ai+e ~ asked Senator Cockrell'
1u.:.TSall | would not like to be examined
81, hat point," replied the Juuge, iauGn-
Ing "rbey are inc oasoS We
nosed OF this week. j.. M. omon0
p..The telephone case IS not Among
.hom -, was jocularly ASKED
tuT Tith entire frankneSs Justice miller
Va. mo: the record is too bulky,
I'D the case Is too important. presume,
anu o va we shall announce a decision In
NV NV. ooae sometime in April, II not before.
1nav hook y said the Judge. pointing to
,ha nuarto volume which the page was
Srmly grasping, "has o history. Ihere
was time when each jugs heps an VI :
S;narv hook in which, as eacn case was
SSnojdad he entered who was to prepare
eso nninion. and what judges agreed
Inh him and who dissented. But 1t was
''nd that in some way the knowledge OF
lpuuJ that we're to be rendered leaked
n aut and was made the subject of specula-
.oo ON the stock market; SO now, as you
.ep mere he directed his young attendant
20 tNrn the book he held so that the front
would be Vislble) we Keep Jul An9Aoi ALL
dunn books locked"
Mud each Judge carries Key Z!
Each iudke has one Key"
at 10 singular" SAID The Justice, fall
inc into a reminiscent mood, what
shrewd plans are resorted to to ascertain
'ha wav the court is inclined to decide
cases. Some years ago we had the -
silver Mine case before us for decision.
Atthattirne we had not our own NJ arsnal
the District Marshal was the marshal OF
tbe court. An immense amount was in
yoIoed in the case, aud there was natu-
rally good deal of anxiety TO know how
the oouTt would cecide it. The Marshal
went I'D to Brother -, now dead, as
nnre and honorable and unsuspicious
man as ever lived, but a
treat talker, and said, We'll, Judge,
nrasume we snail have decision soon
in the - Silver Mine caseV '1es,' said
Brother -, very sOonP Il suppose
Jndge Clifford will write the opinion p
son. ves.' said Brother -, Brother
Clifford will be the organ OF the COURT
TINS was ali the Marshal wanted to
know. for Justice Clitiord's habit was
always to break in upon an argument
with questions which clearly Indicated
the DRIFT of his mind on the matter under
discussion, and when the Marshal heard
that Justice Clifford was TO write the
OpIuiOn, be knew as well as II he had
been told in so many words that the deci-
sion would be in favor of the mining
company So he bought up all the stock
he could on a margin"
And made a pile of money, sup
pose? Senator Cookrell asked.
"Well, no, he didn't" replied Judge
Miller with a hearty laugh. 1.-The re-
sources of the mine mad been so e$agger-
ated in the course of the argument that
the stock had risen on the market beyond
it's real value, and after the decision of
the court it fell instead Of advancing, and
the Marshal lost all he had put up"
Upon the WHOLE" added the Judge. 81
am inclined to think very highly OF the
purity of the American bench. TRere are
cases we decided last year which would
have enabled any member of the court,
by simply taking advantage of the
knowledge he had of the views of the ma
jOrity -"
"Or limiting them to his wife or some
confidential friend" Interrupted Senator
C0ckrell.
"Yes, in that or any other way" con.
tlnued Judge Miller, ito have put mil
lion dollars into his pocket. But here we
are, just as we were last year, and no
whisper OF anything OF that kind has ever
been heard"